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WFP further cuts food vouchers for Rohingyas
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has cut food vouchers for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar to just $8, or less than 9 cents per meal, just weeks after thousands of refugees lost their homes to Cyclone Mocha, putting another blow to them.
Funding shortfalls already forced WFP to cut its food vouchers from US$ 12 to US$ 10 per person per month, in March this year, according to a WFP press statement.
It made appeal for urgent support so that WFP can restore rations to the full amount as soon as possible.
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“Anything less than US$ 12 has dire consequences not only on nutrition for women and children, but also protection, safety and security for everyone in the camps,” said Dom Scalpelli, WFP resident representative and country director in Bangladesh.
Six years into the refugee crisis, nearly one million Rohingya remain stranded in the camps in Bangladesh without livelihood opportunities and relying entirely on humanitarian assistance to survive.
Even with WFP’s food assistance, four in 10 families were not consuming enough food and 12 percent of children were acutely malnourished. This was before the ration cut.
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